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Air Sourced Heat Pump.

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A person today that I was talking to, that has had a new build home which was required by building regs. to have an air sourced heat pump for heating and hot water, complained that the system was slow to heat or cool as required. He said that he had to have underfloor heating installed. It was slow to warm the rooms on cold days. He recently had the system set to cool the rooms on the very hot recent days. But this morning was cooler and he required heating. Is this normal?


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    Sparkingchip:

    Is it really surprising that there’s some very badly performing systems?


    Designing a domestic electrical installation properly isn't as easy as it may seem. Perhaps even harder for heating. AFAIK, there are complex calculations about wall sizes and windows and, accordingly, heat loss, which has to be balanced by heating input. I suppose that if the heating capacity is more than required, the thermostats will take care of it; but if less than necessary, you will be in the poo, or at least in winter, feeling cold.


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    Sparkingchip:

    Is it really surprising that there’s some very badly performing systems?


    Designing a domestic electrical installation properly isn't as easy as it may seem. Perhaps even harder for heating. AFAIK, there are complex calculations about wall sizes and windows and, accordingly, heat loss, which has to be balanced by heating input. I suppose that if the heating capacity is more than required, the thermostats will take care of it; but if less than necessary, you will be in the poo, or at least in winter, feeling cold.


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